BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEINS (BMP), BMP RECEPTORS AND BMP BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - Patent 1440159

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EP 1 440 159 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.03.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	28.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/31

(21)	Application number: 02802562.5

(22)	Date of filing: 31.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12P 19/34, C12Q 1/68

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/035251

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/055443 (10.07.2003 Gazette 2003/28)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

31.10.2001 US 334852 P

(71)	Applicants:
	Alcon, Inc. 6331 Hünenberg (CH) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER,Office of Research Fort Worth, TX 76107 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CLARK, Abbot, F. Arlington, TX 76017 (US) WORDINGER, Robert, J. Euless, TX 76017 (US)

(74)	Representative: Moore, Barry
	Hanna, Moore & Curley,11 Mespil Road Dublin 4 Dublin 4 (IE)

(54)	BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEINS (BMP), BMP RECEPTORS AND BMP BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA